Neonatal Unit Safeguarding Specialist Liaison Nurse / Midwife
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 15/09/2026
- Closes
- 29/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This is an exciting new part-time post on the neonatal unit, working closely with the Safeguarding Maternity Team. The role focuses on providing safe discharge for babies with safeguarding concerns, aligning with the new Social Care Reforms - Family First Partnership Programme. The post holder will promote and identify early intervention and support for families on the neonatal unit.
Essential criteria
- Degree
- NMC
Desirable criteria
- Specialist Community Public Health Degree
- Experience and knowledge
- Working knowledge of NHS policies and national agendas relating to newborns and Children Safeguarding Practice.
- Acute/Community experience
- Manage patient care/caseloads which requires multi-disciplinary input
- Quals
- Degree
- NMC
- Specialist Community Public Health Degree
- Experience and knowledge
- Working knowledge of NHS policies and national agendas relating to newborns and Children Safeguarding Practice.
- Acute/Community experience
- Manage patient care/caseloads which requires multi-disciplinary input
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
Neonatal Unit Safeguarding Specialist Liaison Nurse / Midwife
The closing date is 29 September 2026
Job summary
Exciting new post working closely with the Safeguarding Maternity Team on the neonatal unit.
The post will be to provide safe discharge to those babies where there is some element of safeguarding. it will be aligned to the new Social Care Reforms - Family First Partnership Programme.
The post will be to promote and identify early intervention and support for families on the neonatal unit
Main duties of the job
To work closely with the neonatal discharge nurse as well as the safeguarding team.
To contribute to multi agency meetings. MARAC, Discharge Planning, Maternity Care Planning etc
Work closely with social care, health visitors and midwives to embed the practical implementation of the maternity safeguarding agenda.
About us
Our Poppy's Promise Commitment
We believe that compassionate care sits at the heart of everything we do. Every member of our team -- clinical or non-clinical -- plays a vital role in ensuring that patients, families, and colleagues are treated with dignity, empathy, and respect at all times.
We expect all staff to demonstrate compassion not only through their words, but through their actions: by listening attentively, communicating clearly and kindly, and recognising
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